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FTC Chairwoman Reiterates Support for National Data Breach Law with FTC Enforcement Powers

December 16, 2013 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

At the National Consumers League Conference on identity theft, held on December 12, 2013 in Washington, D.C., Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) Chairwoman Edith Ramirez pushed for a federal data breach law featuring the FTC as the “enforcer.” Chairwoman Ramirez engaged in a keynote discussion with former FTC Chairwoman Deborah Platt Majoras and made her position […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Enforcement, Legislation Tagged With: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Regulatory Enforcement

AvMed’s Novel Data Breach Settlement- First Time Payment to Plaintiffs Who Have Not Suffered Identity Theft as a Result of Data Breach

November 21, 2013 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Recently, AvMed agreed to pay $3 million in a data breach settlement. What sets this apart from other data breach settlements is Plaintiffs who have not suffered identity theft as a result of the breach may nevertheless collect from the Settlement Fund. Plaintiffs who did not suffer identity theft claimed they were injured by overpaying […]

Filed Under: Data Breach, Privacy, Security Breach Tagged With: Class Action, HIPAA

Kim Peretti Interviewed by BankInfoSecurity about Her Discussion at the 2013 Fraud Summit

October 25, 2013 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

On October 22, Alston & Bird’s Kim Peretti, Security Incident Management & Response Team co-chair, spoke at the 2013 Fraud Summit in a session titled “Post-Fraud Investigation: Effective, Efficient, Defensible.” Her presentation focused on how organizations must ensure they are prepared to respond effectively, efficiently and defensibly when they detect fraudulent activity. Following the conference, […]

Filed Under: Cybercrime, Data Breach, Data Protection, Data Security, Security Breach

Update: California Governor Brown Signs into Law S.B. 46, New Notification Requirements for Data Security Breaches

September 30, 2013 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

On September 27, 2013, California Governor Brown signed into law S.B. 46, amending California’s data security breach notification law California Civil Code Section 1798.82. The new law builds upon existing requirements for prompt consumer notification whenever individuals have had their passwords, usernames or security question and answers compromised. It expands the definition of personal information […]

Filed Under: Data Breach, Data Protection, Data Security, Legislation, Online Privacy, Privacy Tagged With: US State Law

California S.B. 46 Expands Data Breach Notification Law to Include Breaches of User Names and Email Addresses for Online Accounts

September 20, 2013 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

California Governor Brown is preparing to sign into law a new data security breach notification bill (S.B. 46)  that expands the coverage of California’s existing breach law to include breaches of individuals’ online user names and email addresses, when acquired in combination with passwords or a security question and answer that would permit access to […]

Filed Under: Data Breach, Data Protection, Data Security, Legislation, Online Privacy, Privacy, Security Breach Tagged With: US State Law

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